Prescription for Happiness mental health club seeks Executive Board members

Prescription for Happiness is a mental health club that seeks to promote mental health worldwide and address the importance of mental health by combating social issues and discussing the future of medicine. The Prescription for Happiness club itself looks at mental health from a medical standpoint. However, the club is not limited to students that are interested in the medical field. 

One aspect of the club is our podcast, which looks at mental health from a public health perspective, in which we focus on societal issues and the impact it has on the public’s mental health. This includes issues such as racism, sexual assault, and much more. Another aspect of the club is promoting other mental health/medical organizations and charities through fundraisers and volunteering. Eventually, we also hope to volunteer at local inner city schools and educate children about the importance of mental health, while also helping people with their own. Not everyone is required to be a part of or speak in the podcast. Only individuals that indicate their interest will be given the opportunity to speak in it. 

Currently, we are looking for passionate individuals who are willing to be a part of our executive board (the application formed will be linked below). Applications will be due on August 16th 2020 at 11:59pm. As our club begins to grow, we hope to add more initiatives along the way and be open to new suggestions. 

If you have any questions, concern, or interest in being a part of this organization, please contact us through our email infoprescriptionforhappiness@gmail.com or contact us through our social media:

Instagram: umdprescriptionforhappiness 

Facebook: UMD Prescription for Happiness 

Sign up here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLS4im7jGI5Z0QUpCCyw7ANGeTBz4FnGeMq5r1hnGHvMZuBw/viewform 

We are excited to see everyone’s responses!  

Ibram X. Kendi on "How to Be an Antiracist" Tickets, Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 7:00 PM

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Ibram X. Kendi on "How to Be an Antiracist"

by Prince George's County Memorial Library System

Free

Event Information

National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi discusses "How to Be an Antiracist."

About this Event

2019 Guggenheim Fellow and New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi will discuss his renowned book “How to Be an Antiracist” on Monday, July 20 at 7:00 p.m. with Dr. Charlene M. Dukes, president of Prince George’s Community College. Dr. Dukes is the first African-American woman to serve as president of the College and has 30 years of progressive leadership experience and administrative responsibility in higher education. The conversation will be streamed live online on Crowdcast, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter/Periscope, and will air on PGCC TV on a later date.
Praised as “The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind” (New York Times), Kendi’s groundbreaking work has provided a major new counterpoint in the national conversation about race in America and resonates in this, our collective moment of reckoning.
Ibram X. Kendi is a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, a professor of history, and the founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. He is a columnist at The Atlantic and a correspondent with CBS News. He is the author of five books including “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America,” which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction; “How to Be an Antiracist”; “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You,” co-authored with Jason Reynolds (UMD alumnus); and “Antiracist Baby,” illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky.
This special event is presented by a consortium of organizations based in Prince George’s County and Maryland, including Joe’s Movement Emporium, Prince George’s County Memorial Library System and PGCMLS Foundation, Prince George’s Community College's Center for Performing Arts, Prince George’s County Human Relations Commission, and Maryland State Library, with generous support from Wells Fargo.
Ibram X. Kendi’s appearance is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Maryland State Library. The following Maryland public libraries are co-presenters of this virtual event: Allegany County Library System, Anne Arundel County Public Library, Calvert Library, Caroline County Public Library, Carroll County Public Library, Charles County Public Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Howard County Library System, Kent County Public Library, and the Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County.
Copies of the “How to Be an Antiracist” ebook and audiobook are available through the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System and partner libraries.
For PGCMLS Customers
Borrow the ebook: https://pgcmls.overdrive.com/media/4591699
Borrow the audiobook: https://pgcmls.overdrive.com/media/3994914
“How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi may be purchased through Loyalty Books. https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/book/9780525509288

New Mental Health Service Needs Members

Are you interested in supporting students through mental health challenges? Do you hope to make a wider impact on campus? Are you ever the stand-in therapist, mom friend, or go-to tea spiller? Check out Lean On Me UMD (https://ter.ps/leanonme), a new, anonymous, peer-to-peer text line for UMD students to seek non-crisis mental health support. Lean On Me was founded in 2015 by MIT students and has chapters at eight other universities around the country. 

Too often, students will not seek out the support they need from mental health services as they find services inaccessible or feel that their problems are not important enough to warrant reaching out. Lean On Me UMD will complement existing services at UMD with a mission to lower the barrier to entry for seeking emotional support by being anonymous, highly accessible, approachable, and involved in the community. We are recruiting for both supporters and leadership for this upcoming 2020-2021 year!

If you are interested, please apply by July 21th: ter.ps/leanonme

For more information about Lean On Me, click here: https://lean0n.me/

Follow or contact us at:

Instagram: @leanonme_umd

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeanOnMeUMD

Email: leanonmeumd@gmail.com

CORA (Combating Overdoses in Rural Areas)

Are you interested in combating the opioid epidemic? Would you like an in-person experience in public health interventions? Have you personally been affected by the opioid epidemic and want to make a difference? Do you want to help others?

If you said yes to any of these questions, consider joining CORA (Combating Overdoses in Rural Areas), a new UMD student organization with the mission of fighting the opioid crisis in rural areas with education, overdose response training, technology, and advocacy. CORA action teams will develop educational modules on opioid use during the semester and travel to rural counties in Maryland to present them during break.

We are looking for members as well as executive board members. Our member applications are rolling, but if you are interested in exec board, please apply here by July 31st: ter.ps/cora